novel 88 - 18. ninety-five dollars

by nick nelson

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ninety-five? now i know you are nervous and are trying to cheat me. enough of this. how much do you want for it? one hundred and twenty-five. all right. i will give you one hundred and twenty-five. bradley hesitated. do you want the hundred and twenty-five? i will take it. all right. wrap it up and i will be on my way. i do not have anything to wrap it up with. are you serious? it is raining out, i am not just going to carry it in the rain. bradley shrugged. go out and buy something to wrap it in. like a newspaper or something. a newspaper? where do they sell newspapers these days, especially at this time of night? wang lee’s. on 66th street, two blocks away and half a block to your left. he sells chinese papers. all right. wait here. where am i going to go? tucker left, closing the door softly behind him. bradley went over to the window. he watched tucker emerge from the front door, pull his coat collar up against the rain, and head north on 66th street as bradley had directed. bradley took an insulted box and a canvas bag out of the bottom drawer of the dresser beside his bed and put the picture in the box, and the box in the canvas bag. then he put his hat and coat on and left the room with the bag slung on his shoulder, not bothering to lock the door behind him, and went down to the street. he headed south. next